One person is placed in charge of horses. Church-owned benches are brought to the house-church using a bench cart. Bishop and preachers gather in a room to decide on the two preachers for the day. The service starts at around 8:00am. The service lasts more than 3 hours. The attendance is up to 150 people. - Hymns (for half an hour. 2nd hymn: always Ausbund #131) - 1st sermon (30 minutes; sermons may be chanted in sing-song style; topics may come from Old or New Testament) - Scripture reading (usually from Matthew; at the end of the year, usually from Luke and John) - Silent Prayer (the people kneel) - Main Sermon (up to or more than 1 hour; sermon may be chanted in sing-song style; the preacher may walk to and fro to different rooms where congregants are sitting) - Prayer & Singing (half an hour) - Pre-Lunch silent prayer - Light Lunch (coffee, bread, peanut butter & marshmallow, jam, apple butter, red beets, pickles, cheese, snitz (dried apple pie) - Post-Lunch silent prayer - Socializing time (people usually socialize into the afternoon)
